A wildfire crept – and then sprinted – towards Fox Creek, a community of fewer than 2,000 in north-west Alberta in May. At one point, the crackling wall of flames and thick black smoke moved more than 48km in a single day, prompting frantic evacuations from the town.
“It was terrifying,” said Angela Martineau, a paramedic. “I was told it was going to be on my doorstep at this time, then at this time… [There were] a lot of anxieties and emotions for
